In deep-blue Travis County where Democrats have a solid lock on most every local elected office, the person who chairs the ...

In deep-blue Travis County where Democrats have a solid lock on most every local elected office, the person who chairs the ...

Attorneys Bill Aleshire and Rick Fine have warned the city of Austin that the notice of tomorrow’s City Council meeting does ...

Two Travis County property owners filed suit Wednesday against members of the Travis County Commissioners Court, saying the group exceeded their authority when they voted to set the county tax rate in ...

Janet Marie Jennings-Doyle was making $170,000 a year as chief appraiser of Montgomery Central Appraisal District. On April 30, 2024—after 16 months in that job—the board of directors voted ...

The recent flooding in Kerr County took center stage as the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas (FOIFT) hosted its annual conference last Friday. It started with a panel discussion focused on ...

The Library Commission meeting of February 26 left petitioners with unanswered questions about why City libraries cracked down on petitioners who were gathering signatures on library properties, But ...

This story was updated at 12:45pm August 23, 2025, to add a link to the audio recording of the Appraisal Review Board’s formal hearing of the valuation protest filed by Colorado River Project LLC. The ...

Leana Mann, chief appraiser of the Travis Central Appraisal District, told the board of directors Thursday that property owners and agents filed 205,000 protests this year, rounding up from the ...

Interim City Attorney Deborah Thomas filed this Statement of Financial Information covering the year 2023 ...

Update March 27, 2025: The Kansas City Star reported today that the City Council of Kansas City, Missouri, voted unanimously to terminate the employment of City Manager Brian Platt. The City of Austin ...

The theatre was full at the Austin Film Society cinema last Monday evening as director Steve Mims presented his new documentary project The Magic Hole: An Austin Convention Center Expansion ...